I know it is not directly parallel because Couric was/is Luaer’s friend, but, the thought has popped into my head from time to time what I would do if my child were accused of murder, rape, child pornography, etc. I know I would immediately hire them an attorney. Beyond that, I cannot imagine. And, if they are…

That’s not what the OP was saying. And you are kind of proving their point. 

That’s the problem with predators. They are people in the community that can mostly do nice things. Remember that one of R. Kelly’s victims was hairdresser for years. She knew about the allegations but wouldn’t believe he was like that until he hurt her.

An action can be both understandably human and a perfectly legitimate reason for criticizing the person taking that action. Falling all over herself to praise and provide comfort and excuses, in a public forum no less, to defend an abuser, is a bad thing for Couric to decide to do and she deserves criticism for doing…

I’m in reruns on this, but people need to stop asking famous (or otherwise) people about their friends who have been accused of sex crimes.

Can you...not do that? A cursory search of current public health orders for LA County doesn’t turn up any restrictions on private gatherings.

Sure, linking to Zeynep Tufekci’s thread on this (she’s written some amazing stuff on the pandemic). It’s not that the MIT study was bad it was just miscommunicated.

The virus is airborne. If you’re in the same room, it kinda doesn’t really matter how far away you are.

Producer Ian Stewart told Variety that the crew had “worked for months and months to make that a safe space.” He added, “We’ve worked with all the health authorities. We were signed off by LA County, we came up with a plan with them. Those tables were distanced. Everyone was vaccinated. Everyone was negative…

Funny, we’ve been told since 2016 that being a royal means you aren’t entitled to any privacy. Wonder why that is?

These same clowns (some of them in this thread) felt entitled to be in the delivery room with Meghan Markle because their taxes paid for a structural renovation of the funky lil’ rundown servants quarters she and Harry leased from the crown properties.

NFTs, and cryptocurrency, are all the experience of 40+ years of escalating hyperspeculation, and a certain group of opportunists and idealists, sometimes both — very 1970s silicon valley — deciding to slam the gas pedal on it. The entire premise is rotten. I’m an artist and I don’t mind saying that I still look down…

Still a show-boater.  He released this info to the press before filing it with the courts.

A few days later, a parent complained to the district about a photo Whitfield had posted on social media that showed him and his wife, who is White, in an embrace, celebrating their wedding anniversary.

Always a good time to remind folks that the Puritans fled England because they were fucking insane and no one in England wanted to deal with them.

CRT bears a striking similarity to the Salem witch trials. Don’t like someone? Declare them a witch/CRT teacher and ruin their life. Then the victim must stand before the tribunal of completely objective and fair minded community leaders to prove their innocence or be burned at the stake.

“Texas High School’s First Black Principal Suspended Because White Parents and School Administrators Are Racist.”

“Is this the Dr. Whitfield we want as an example for our students?” the parent asked in an email that Whitfield recounted on Facebook.

The irony of denying the existence of systemic racism while engaging in systemic racism 

The district asked Whitfield to remove the photo to avoid further controversy